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Arachnophyllina

Anthozoa - Stauriida

Taxonomy
Arachnophyllina was named by Zhavoronkova (1972).

It was assigned to Stauriida by Hill (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Arachnophyllina Zhavoronkova
1981Arachnophyllina Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderArachnophyllinaZhavoronkova 1972
suborderArachnophyllinaZhavoronkova 1972

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subor. †Arachnophyllina Zhavoronkova 1972
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Fm. †Arachnophyllidae Dybowski 1873
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G. †Angullophyllum McLean 1974
G. †Arachnophyllum Dana 1846
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†Arachnophyllum kayi Merriam 1973
†Arachnophyllum murchisoni Edwards and Haime 1851
†Arachnophyllum pentagonum Goldfuss 1826
Invalid names: Darwinia Dybowski 1873 [synonym], Favastraea d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym]
G. †Chonophyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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†Chonophyllum magnificum Billings 1860
†Chonophyllum simpsoni Merriam 1973
G. †Craterophyllum Foerste 1909
G. †Idiophyllum Cao 1975
G. †Naos Lang 1926
G. †Ningqiangophyllum Ge and Yü 1974
G. †Pseudomucophyllum Lavrusevich 1977
G. †Werneckelasma Pedder 1978
G. †Zenophila Hill 1940
Invalid names: Arachnophyllinae Dybowski 1873 [empty], Ptychophyllinae Dybowski 1873 [empty]
Fm. †Entelophyllidae Hill 1940
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G. †Altaja Zheltonogova 1960
G. †Entelophyllum Wedekind 1927
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†Entelophyllum devonicum Cherepnina 1971
†Entelophyllum engelmanni Merriam 1973
†Entelophyllum eurekaensis Merriam 1973
Invalid names: Stereoxylodes Wang 1947 [synonym], Xylodes Lang et al. 1927 [synonym]
G. †Evenkiella Soshkina 1955
G. †Kysylagathophyllum Kaplan 1971
G. †Medinophyllum Sytova 1966
G. †Migmatophyllum Pedder 1971
G. †Nanshanophyllum Yü 1956
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G. †Ornatophyllum Nikolaeva 1964
G. †Petrozium Smith 1930
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†Petrozium losseni Dybowski 1873
†Petrozium mcallisteri Merriam 1973
†Petrozium staufferi Merriam 1972
G. †Prohexagonaria Merriam 1973
G. †Ramulophyllum Nikolaeva 1964
G. †Scyphophyllum Strelnikov 1964
G. †Shensiphyllum Ge and Yü 1974
G. †Tenuiphyllum Soshkina 1937
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†Tenuiphyllum crassum Sytova 1979
G. †Trachyphyllum Ulitina 1975
Fm. †Expressophyllidae Strelnikov 1968
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G. †Contortophyllum Strelnikov 1968
G. †Micula Sytova 1952 [Rugose coral]
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Invalid names: Expressophyllum Strelnikov 1968 [synonym]
G. †Miculiella Ivanovskiy 1963
G. †Pseudopilophyllum Lavrusevich 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ashgill to the top of the Danian or 449.50000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (174 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Entelophyllum articulatum (79503)
Juuru443.1 - 440.8Estonia (Hiiu) Petrozium losseni (174101 174178)
Juuru443.1 - 440.8Estonia (Lääne) Petrozium losseni (174177)
Juuru443.1 - 440.8Estonia Petrozium losseni (77388 77389 174099)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5Canada (Ontario) Entelophyllum sp., Evenkiella sp. (79159)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5Canada (Quebec) Petrozium pelagicum (12938)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.1 - 438.6USA (Iowa) Arachnophyllum sp. (26691)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.1 - 438.6Russian Federation (Siberia) Entelophyllum articulatum (206541 206542 206543)
Alexandrian - Ontarian443.1 - 432.9Canada (Québec) Chonophyllum sp. (24596)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Ontario) Arachnophyllum sp. (461) Arachnophyllum sp., Petrozium sp. (513)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (Kentucky) Arachnophyllum mamillare (13194) Arachnophyllum mamillare, Craterophyllum solitarium (13236) Craterophyllum solitarium (13237)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Australia (New South Wales) Angullophyllum warrisi (25689)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation (Siberia) Entelophyllum caespitosum, Entelophyllum medius (206319) Entelophyllum coespitosum (206306 206317)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) Arachnophyllum mammillare (12557) Entelophyllum wahlenbergi (12940)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (Iowa) Arachnophyllum sp. (25041)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (Ohio) Petrozium pelagicum (13197 13205 13206 13238)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Entelophyllum articulatum (79511 79513 79514 79516 79574) Entelophyllum articulatum, Evenkiella helenae (79525)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Kentucky) Arachnophyllum mammillare, Arachnophyllum quadrangulare, Arachnophyllum separatum, Arachnophyllum sinemurum, Arachnophyllum striatum, Craterophyllum invaginatum, Entelophyllum eruciforme, Entelophyllum rugosum, Entelophyllum strictum, Arachnophyllum pentagonum (5676)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Russian Federation (Siberia) Entelophyllum medius (206311 206320)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Oklahoma) Entelophyllum sp., Micula sp. (528)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Alaska) Contortophyllum sp. (100904) Entelophyllum sp. (108320) Miculiella sp. (100903) Petrozium sp. m (108326)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (California) Arachnophyllum sp., Chonophyllum magnificum (229258) Chonophyllum magnificum (229253 229257 229259) Chonophyllum sp. (230235)
Raikkula440.8 - 438.8Estonia Entelophyllum losseni, Petrozium phaceloides, Petrozium losseni (172928)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Canada (Quebec) Entelophyllum sp. (79165)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6China Entelophyllum sp. (164269)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6USA (Iowa) Arachnophyllum sp. (25028)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6USA (Ohio) Evenkiella sp. (22964)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Russian Federation (Siberia) Entelophyllum articulatum (205660)
Clinton440.1 - 439.4Canada (British Columbia) Entelophyllum sp. (5147)
Niagaran439.4 - 422.7USA (Indiana) Arachnophyllum striatum (22818)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Ontario) Arachnophyllum sp. (77260)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Yunnan) Entelophyllum sp. (27851)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Shaanxi) Idiophyllum sp., Miculiella sp., Shensiphyllum sp. (23251) Nanshanophyllum sp. (23252)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Sichuan) Entelophyllum sp. (23255) Idiophyllum sp. (23248) Nanshanophyllum sp., Shensiphyllum sp. (23253)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Entelophyllum articulatum (79395) Entelophyllum sp. (79394)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) Arachnophyllum mamillare, Arachnophyllum pentagonum, Arachnophyllum approximatum (184842) Arachnophyllum pentagonum (184837) Arachnophyllum sp., Chonophyllum canadense (25250) Entelophyllum sp. (25253) Entelophyllum wahlenbergi (12941) Prodarwinia mammillaris (25252)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Russian Federation (Tuva) Altaja florida, Stereoxylodes sp. (78713)
Telychian - Gorstian438.6 - 425.0Japan (Gokase) Nanshanophyllum gokasense (140716) Nanshanophyllum hamadai (140714) Shensiphyllum sp., Nanshanophyllum gokasense (140694)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Russian Federation Miculiella annae (23498)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) Entelophyllum fasciculatum (13598)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation Stereoxylodes latiseptata (23772)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (California) Arachnophyllum kayi (226645) Chonophyllum sp. (226663) Petrozium mcallisteri (226647)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Iowa) Arachnophyllum sp. (25019 26812) Arachnophyllum sp., Chonophyllum sp., Entelophyllum sp. (25044)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) Arachnophyllum sp., Entelophyllum articulatum (79881)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Siberia) Entelophyllum articulathum (206307) Miculiella crassiseptata (206378 206379 206380)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Tyva) Altaja silurica (78717 78718) Altaja silurica, Altaja salairica, Entelophyllum articulatum, Entelophyllum dalecarlicum, Evenkiella helenae (79083) Altaja silurica, Stereoxylodes sp. (78720)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Nenets) Naos pagoda (78962)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7China (Gansu) Nanshanophyllum typicum, Nanshanophyllum mirandum (27826) Stereoxylodes pseudodianthus, Stereoxylodes breviseptatus, Stereoxylodes bailongjiangensis (27914)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Australia (Australian Capital Territory) Entelophyllum latum (25649)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7India Chonophyllum sp. (36258 36260 36261)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7China (Shaanxi) Nanshanophyllum multiseptatum, Shensiphyllum aggregatum (27802)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Mongolia Altaja silurica, Evenkiella cincta (79643) Chonophyllum sp., Petrozium sp., Petrozium contortus, Tenuiphyllum shovdolense (79640)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Entelophyllum articulatum, Miculiella annae (79530) Miculiella annae (79527 79528 79529 79532 79533)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7Japan (Gokase) Shensiphyllum sp., Nanshanophyllum hamadai, Nanshanophyllum gokasense (120774)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Chonophyllum sp. A (188805 188807) Chonophyllum sp. A. (188806)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7China (Sichuan) Entelophyllum sp. (27805)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7China (Nei Mongol) Altaja maxima, Altaja regularis, Altaja sinensis, Migmatophyllum sp. (27731)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7Canada (Quebec) Entelophyllum sp. (71475)
Wenlock - Pridoli432.9 - 419.62USA (California) Diphyphyllum fasciculum (214346)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Sweden Entelophyllum pseudodianthus, Arachnophyllum murchisoni (77538)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) Entelophyllum articulatus, Arachnophyllum murchisoni (23057)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Czechia Arachnophyllum sp., Xylodes sp. (14097) Entelophyllum confusum, Entelophyllum prosperum (14048) Xylodes sp. (14101)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Sweden (Gotland) Entelophyllum roemeri (13673)
Gleedonian429.6 - 426.7Canada (Quebec) Arachnophyllum murchisoni (157356)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Australia (Australian Capital Territory) Entelophyllum latum (25683) Entelophyllum yassense, Idiophyllum patulum (25639) Entelophyllum yassense, Zenophila walli (25642)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Czechia Arachnophyllum sp., Entelophyllum sp., Naos sp. (14104)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Sweden (Gotland) Entelophyllum fasciculatum (13603)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Australia (Australian Capital Territories) Entelophyllum yassense (25687)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Alaska) Contortophyllum sp., Craterophyllum sp. (100895) Contortophyllum sp., Entelophyllum sp. (100898)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Chonophyllum sp. (188876)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Russian Federation Entelophyllum polymorphum (23637) Entelophyllum sp., Stereoxylodes sp. (23638)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Belarus Stereoxylodes sp. (23658)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Russian Federation (Tyva) Entelophyllum dalecarlicum, Tenuiphyllum crassum, Pseudopilophyllum elegestum (79084)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Mongolia Chonophyllum cumulatum, Scyphophyllum vulgare, Stereoxylodes clarus (79648) Scyphophyllum vulgare (79642) Tenuiphyllum shovdolense (79645)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (California) Chonophyllum sp. (226664) Petrozium staufferi (79733 229579)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Oklahoma) Entelophyllum sp. (487)
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62Canada (Quebec) Entelophyllum sp. (45296)
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62China (Nei Mongol) Stereoxylodes sp. (27903)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Australia (New South Wales) Idiophyllum patulum (25634)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Estonia (Saare) Entelophyllum sp. (240995)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Belarus Ramulophyllum sp. (23672)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Tajikistan Entelophyllum articulatum, Stereoxylodes argutus (13977)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Russian Federation (Bashkir) Entelophyllum sp. (13940)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Canada (Yukon) Expressophyllum sp. (14004) Stereoxylodes sp. (14007)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Ukraine Expressophyllum krikovense (23359) Expressophyllum krikovenses (13873)
Pridoli - Lochkovian422.7 - 413.02Tajikistan Evenkiella subhelenae (78882)
Ohesaare421.6 - 419.62Estonia (Saare) Entelophyllum articulatum, Entelophyllum pseudodianthus (193837)
Gedinnine419.62 - 413.02Russian Federation (Altay) Entelophyllum devonicum (78967)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Tajikistan Ramulophyllum heterozonale (13984) Ramulophyllum sp. (13983) Stereoxylodes argutus (13978)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Russian Federation (Nenets) Entelophyllum sp. (81605)
Lochkovian - Zlichovian419.62 - 393.47Canada (Yukon) Ramulophyllum sp. (603)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Vietnam Entelophyllum sp., Evenkiella sp. (83248)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Indiana) Craterophyllum latiradium (5703)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (New York) Chonophyllum magnificus (9614)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (Indiana) Chonophyllum nanum (11101) Craterophyllum magnificum (5702)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (California) Chonophyllum sp. (214584)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (Kentucky) Craterophyllum adnascens (5709)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86USA (Alaska) Chonophyllum sp. (40665)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Rio Negro) Micula mirus (240427)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Rio Negro) Micula mirus (240431)